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The last three decades in the life of Labor peer Lord Longford and his campaign to win parole for the convicted Moors Murderer, Myra Hindley. Longford was not your conventional politician and his progressive views led to heated debate in the House of Lords and the national press. Throughout his life, he would often said he would like his epitaph to read: “the outcast’s outcast.” A committed Catholic, he was a lifelong campaigner on social and prison policy which was all about standing up for the unpopular, the unloved, the underdog and those on the margins of society. His retirement in 1968 gave him the time to devote himself to his unpopular causes. The film relates the meetings and correspondence, unknown until only recently, between Longford and Hindley. Reflecting the media controversy at the time, it depicts the former cabinet minister’s eccentricity and explores the reasons behind his unshakeable obsession with the Hindley case. It also examines Longford’s determination to give Hindley a chance at rehabilitation and how he finally redeemed his dignity and his reputation.

United Kingdom - 2006 - 1 h 47 mn - Super 16 - Colour

Director Tom Hooper Script Peter Morgan Camera Danny Cohen Sound Lee Critchlow Editing Mélanie Oliver Music Robert Lane Cast Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton, Lindsay Duncan, Andy Serkis

Production Granada Media International, London Television Centre, Upper Ground, SE1 9LT Londres, Royaume-Uni Tél : +44 207 491 1441 Fax : +44 207 493 7677 E-mail : int.info@granadamedia.com Co-Production Channel 4 Television, HBO Films

Sales Channel 4 Television, Mid City Olace, 71 High Holborn, WC1V 6QT Londres, Royaume-Uni Tél : +44 20 7306 8333 Fax : +44 20 7242 3696